Impact Of Globalization On The Environment

Secularisation theory has argued that modernisation has undermined religion. The importance of science and technology on economic development and rational worldview on which they depend on are seen as destroying the belief in supernatural. However religion can contribute to development, but most recently sociologists have examined what role religion may play in development in today’s globalising world.

The Forest People, by Colin Turnbull, a British anthropologist, focuses on a tribe of pygmies, called the BaMbuti. The setting of The Forest People is the Ituri Forest, located in northwestern Belgian Congo. Throughout the five trips to the Ituri Forest, Colin Turnbull created The Forest People with his anthropological observations of the time he spent living among the villagers. One of the most fascinating aspects of Turnbull’s observations is based on the religion of the BaMbuti pygmies.

The belief in kinship with creation is widely supported within most indigenous religions. In this way of thinking, there is more importance placed on the concept of “we” than there is on the concept of “I”. Here, the family or village is where strong emphasis lies. In many indigenous traditions, developing and maintaining a respectful relationship with spiritual energy is paramount. This concept doesn’t only apply to humans, but also, in many cases to the immediate natural environment as well. The oneness of the body and the land is vital. Many think of themselves as mere ‘caretakers’ of the earth, and nothing more, who has a duty to nurture and preserve it for future generations. Certain animals are seen as spiritual conduits, just as certain trees are seen to impart herbal healing secrets.

In many indigenous traditions, the relationship that the people have with their environment plays a highly influential role in their lives. As John Bowker tells us, very often “native religions find their inspiration in the natural world” (Bowker 2006, 198). In the novel Black Elk Speaks, we see this particularly within the Oglala Lakota Sioux’s strong ties to nature through the flowering stick, thunder spirits, wildlife, and more. Similarly, the film Avatar presents us with the Omaticaya clan of the Na’vi people, and their deity Ey’wa, rooted both figuratively and literally in the “Tree of Souls”, as well as their connection to the “Home Tree” and creatures both big and small on their planet. In this paper I intend to explore the meaning

Henry David Thoreau once said “Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads,” in his novel Walden, which accurately reflects mankind’s relationship to the natural world around us. Frequently, the landscape dictates the well-being of the people who live there. In Alan Paton’s work Cry, the Beloved Country, he starts the book by describing the South African people’s bond to the landscape. Employing contrasting imagery and diction, powerful symbolism, and fluctuating uses of parallelism, Paton demonstrates how the land needs to be healthy in order for the people who live there to thrive, and harm to the earth is mirrored by the deterioration of community.

One of the most interesting indigenous groups in the world is the Batek of Malaysia, this is a group of people that live in the oldest rain forest of peninsular Malaysia. Orang ASli means “Original people” in the native Malay Language, and they truly are the original people of the land. Being a nomadic group of hunters and gatherers, means that they are at the mercy of the land and the elements for survival. Batek beliefs note that, the rainforest was created by “superhuman” beings for the Batek to use and will destroy the world and everything on it if the Batek were ever to leave the rainforest ( K.M. Endcott 1979a; Lye 2004). The Batek believe that the “superhuman” beings created the forest for the Batek to harvest, build houses in,

Every now and then disruptive events happen in the business world such a technological change, industry changes, market changes or even societal changes that greatly impact the continual success of a business. More so we live in era where these changes are only accelerating increasing uncertainty and the growing complexity of the business world. Economic power continues to shift eastward and different markets and trade linkages are emerging causing the boundaries between industry and sectors to blurring. Discontinuities and megatrends are an inherent part of today’s business environment and it is important the businesses assess the impact of both these concepts on their strategic objectives and daily operations of the business in order to stay ahead in today’s competitive environments. Most importantly CEO’s need to be at the head of the business’s strategic objectives to ensure that the business remain on track and able to quickly adapt to these changes in the environment.

The world we live in today has witnessed a variety of changes, improvements and important events overtime. Yet, the most significant incident for many and especially for business related people is Globalisation. It is a term that is used to describe the exchange of knowledge, services, trade, information, cultures and capital between people, governments and organisations of different societies.

The impact that globalization has and will have on the U.S economy continues to be one of the most debated economic issues of our times. Many people believe that due to the international trade there are less jobs and lower wages for people. International trade is important to the America economy, and to the economy of the world as whole, because neither the United States nor any other country in the world has everything that its people need and want. Globalization and international trade, come with a brighter view of the international trade and it has positive impact on economic growth of the United States.

For many individual’s globalization is seen as being a process “of increasing of economic connections across various boarders around the world. It is a process that entails production and services of materials in which are usually outsourced across international borders.” (Das, 2017). Although globalization has the power to increase trade across the world, this has also resulted in multinational corporations using developing nations in order to obtain an efficient amount of production due to taking advantage of wages and working conditions (Boff, 1997). Thus, many corporations want to expand their companies overseas due to cheaper labour, and cheaper manufacturing processes. This, however, has affected the way in which individuals work,

I believe globalization is somewhere in between of having a positive or negative impact on the world. Just like the old saying “too much of a good thing can be bad for you” the key to everything in life is balance and excess might harm you. Furthermore, both sides of globalization have compelling arguments on the positive and negative effects of globalization, furthermore different countries and cultures would have different opinions in regards to how they have been affected by globalization. In this assignment I will look at the positive and negative views of globalization to further prove that globalization ultimately falls somewhere in between as being positive or negative.

1. In order to identify the three types of nations discussed in the texbook, I would like to first start by defining what the world system theory is. “The modern world system is a capitalist global economy which contains multiple states and a single dominant international division of labor” (Doob, 2008). This definition helps us understand that the economy is not scattered accross the globe equally between all countries, instead only a few countries are posses a sucessful industrial, economical, and ploitical history. Being born and raised in Albania, and moving here to the US only 3 years ago has given me the opportunity to view these concepts clearly.

Global environmental problems have taken a turn for the worst in recent years. For water pollution, carbon emissions, and hurricanes have been at their highest peak in 2017. These issues have only begun to get worse due to power plants, burning of fossil fuels, and several other environmentally hazardous factories. In just 2017, six major hurricanes have occurred due to a combination of climate change, warming of the oceans, air and water pollution, overpopulation, and several other environmental polluters. Countries, including the United States of America, are drastically being affected by these events, some more than others. Global environmental problems have increased over the years and will continue to grow worse if actions are not taken to change this pattern.

Globalisation is the process of the world becoming increasingly integrated economically. China has implemented several strategies to promote economic growth and development in response to globalisation which are Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), the ‘open door policy’ and the liberalisation of capital accounts. Free Trade Agreements through trade of goods and services, the ‘open door policy’ by encourage investment from Transnational Corporation (TNCs) and Capital Account Liberalisation has been implemented to promote economic growth and development These three strategies have resulted in positive and negative influences on China’s promotion of economic growth and development in response to globalisation.

Globalization is defined by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick, and John Page as, “the deregulation of trade and finance in order to enable businesses and banks to operate globally. And the emergence of a single world market dominated by transnational companies” (The Economics of Happiness). Despite this un-alarming definition, Katherine Cullen believes the truth behind globalization is much more harmful. According to Cullen, globalization is detrimental to our economy, our climate, and our happiness and well-being. She argues that globalization has destructive practices, and due to, “the promotion of market economies and a consumer lifestyle [globalization disconnects] people from the natural world and fundamental connections absolutely necessary for people to be happy” (Cullen). She also notes that corporations, who are promoting globalization to for financial gain, try and push “cruel advertising” (Cullen) in other regions to endorse the American consumerist culture (Cullen). By doing this, corporations are, “deciding what our culture[s] [are] to increase profit” (Cullen). Cullen claims that corporations use other cultures for financial gain by drain those regions of their resources while transporting mass amounts of goods into the United States. This is why Cullen argues that globalization results in the acceleration of climate change. The act of transporting goods to and from the U.S. emits large amounts of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere (Cullen), resulting in